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Perceptions of the Island by one "from away" ; (a sometime naturalist)

Type:Event
Contributor:Dean, Albert Andrew
Date Recorded:1983
Duration:01:01:24

PEI's Prince: James McGuigan

Type:Event
Abstract:Charles Campbell presents the topic "Prince Edward's Prince: James C. McGuigan (1894-1974)" to the B.I.S. Irish Heritage Lecture Series. Campbell speaks about the early life of Cardinal McGuigan growing up in Hunter River Parish where he was educated as young boy. He then discusses post-school education where he was educated at Prince

Date Recorded:1996
Duration:01:14:04

PEI Regiment

Type:Interview
Contributor:Canada. Canadian Army. Prince Edward Island Regiment
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a recording of a ceremony commemorating the PEI Regiment's efforts in the South African War from 1899-1902. This tape includes the ceremony, a march and salute, interviews with descendants of those who served as well as members of the regiment, and a recitation of those who served in that war.
Date Recorded:2000-02-26
Duration:01:03:30

Pat Hennessey T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Hennessey, Patrick John "Pat"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Patrick John "Pat" Hennessey of Souris and St. Catherines, P.E.I. In this interview Pat talks about the Harvest Excursion, the family farm, rum running, the Spanish Flu, the Titanic, radio, dances and socials, lobster, fishing, cooking, Dr. Gus and home remedies, Christmas, pack peddlers, the 1930s, stores in

Date Recorded:1999-01-15
Duration:01:03:35

Park, Ethel Laliah

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Ethel sitting in front of her piano.
Date Recorded:2001

P.E.I. past and present

Type:Event
Contributor:Bolger, Francis W. P.
Date Recorded:1977
Duration:00:29:19

Orkney T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a recording of Dutch's trip to Orkney, Scotland. Dutch interviews several residents including John Rendall. Some topics covered include the Thomson family history, Orkney, and WWII.
Date Recorded:1999-03-02
Duration:01:03:10

Nora Wonnacott T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Wonnacott (Halloran), Nora Alexandria
Abstract:This is an interview with Nora Alexandria Wonnacott (nee Halloran) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Nora talks about her family history, her father and his work, growing up in Charlottetown, Christmas, cooking, WWI, how she met her husband Bruce, courting, dances, and entertainment.
Date Recorded:1998-04-11
Duration:01:03:21

Naming ceremonies

Type:Event
Contributor:University of Prince Edward Island. Robertson Library
Date Recorded:1975-03-14
Duration:00:18:51

My discovery of a 4th fundamental optical device

Type:Event
Contributor:Nilsson, Thomy
Date Recorded:1986-10-03
Duration:00:46:27

Murphy (Campbell), Glenn

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Glenn holding a quilt she made.
Date Recorded:2009

Muriel MacKay T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Muriel
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Muriel MacKay of Albany, P.E.I. In this interview Muriel talks about moving out West to Saskatoon, teaching, washing machines, church, her husband George and his political career that includes serving as Lieutenant Governor, quilts, and home remedies.
Date Recorded:1996-01-04
Duration:00:48:04

Mildred Johnstone

Type:Interview
Contributor:Johnstone (Thompson Little), Mildred
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mildred Johnstone (nee Thompson) from Dunstaffnage, P.E.I. Mildred begins by telling about the Apple Tree Stewarts, wharves, and boats on the Hillsborough River. She then talks about the history of Dunstaffnage, her grandfather, the Vickersons, the Stewarts, and diphtheria. She tells about breeding cattle,

Date Recorded:1995-10-02
Duration:01:03:50

Mike Avery

Type:Interview
Contributor:Avery, Mike
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:In this interview with Mike Avery he talks about his father's general store and the railway system being good for business, a job patrolling the tracks for debris, a trolly accident on the rails in Scotchfot, railway watches, joining the railway, the last person hired, the trucking industry, and trying to get rid of the railway. He

Date Recorded:1995-03-10
Duration:01:03:34

Mickey Place T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Place, John Thomas "Mickey"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This tape is the second half of an interview with John Thomas "Mickey" Place of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mickey talks about women working, his work in banks in New York during the 1920s and 1930s, the stock market crash of 1929, The Great Depression, movies, Broadway plays, New York, baseball, hockey, speakeasies and

Date Recorded:1997-02-14
Duration:01:03:34

Merchant Navy

Type:Interview
Contributor:Crew, Norman
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:James, Donald
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Yeaden, Edison
Abstract:This interview is with Donald James from Pleasant Harbor NS, Norman Crew from Newfoundland, and Edison Yeaden discussing the Merchant Navy. It starts off with Norman Crew and he is talking about the Merchant Navy, life at sea, ships carrying war-brides, children and wounded soldiers, his Newfoundland background and his family, air

Date Recorded:2004-09-24
Duration:01:03:30

Meech Lake and confederation pt.2

Type:Event
Contributor:Arsenault, Jean Paul
Contributor:Dumont, Daphne
Contributor:Ghiz, Joseph A.
Contributor:Milne, David A.
Contributor:University of Prince Edward Island. Institute of Island Studies
Date Recorded:1988-04-11
Duration:00:54:28

Meech Lake and confederation / by Hon. Joe Ghiz, J. P. Arsenault, Daphne Dumont, and Dr. David Milne.

Type:Event
Contributor:Arsenault, Jean Paul
Contributor:Dumont, Daphne
Contributor:Ghiz, Joseph A.
Contributor:Milne, David A.
Contributor:University of Prince Edward Island. Institute of Island Studies
Date Recorded:1988-04-11
Duration:01:31:30

McGaughey, John "Alfred"

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Alfred and an unidentified person standing outside.
Date Recorded:1995

McCarville, Ray

Type:Interview
Contributor:McCarvell, Ray
Contributor:Stordy, Paul
Abstract:Paul Stordy interviews Mr. Ray McCarvill who has a wealth of knowledge family tree on his mother's and father's side. Mr. McCarvill talks about the occupations held in the early days, the house he grew up in that was partially built by his father, early entertainment organized by the BIS and the changes that came to Emerald community

Date Recorded:1982-07-05
Duration:01:11:52

Maynard, Courtney

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Courtney holding a wooden bowl.
Date Recorded:2006

Maude Palmer

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Palmer, Maude
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Maude Palmer talking about her grandparents, brothers and sisters, being named for her Aunt Maude Thayer, her job in a telephone office in Boston, her first car ride in a Buick, chores on the farm, local church people, home remedies, trading eggs for goods at the local store, baking with her mother, jobs for

Date Recorded:2003-11-14
Duration:01:34:51

Matheson, Ralph

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Ralph standing behind a chair in his kitchen.

Mary Sage T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Sage, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview continues with Mary Sage talking about milk, her grandmother, bread, flour bag clothes, men versus women and women's jobs, Prince of Wales College and being homesick, Premier Alec Campbell, Georgie Read Barton, going to South Africa, John Rileym, Carol Burke, Gordon's death and her father, her job in Pictou, the changes

Date Recorded:2007-01-16
Duration:01:03:28

Mary Livingstone

Type:Interview
Contributor:Livingstone (Bryenton), Mary
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mary Livingstone (nee Bryenton) of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Mary talks about growing up on Union Road, trains, cars, horses, the farm, church, Christmas, the mail route, her siblings, homemade goods, dances, movies, her siblings, the 1930s, Charlottetown, sewing, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2009-02-26
Duration:01:03:06

Mary Jone Phillips T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Phillips (Jones), Mary Emma
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Mary Emma (Jones) Phillips of Harrington, P.E.I. Mary begins by telling about her family and she and her brother going out to Saskatchewan to teach. She tells about her trip out West on the train, her father fishing lobster, their family farm in Harrington, and horses. She then talks about the first Women's

Date Recorded:1995-04-12
Duration:01:04:12

Mary Hancox

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Hancox, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mary Hancox. In this interview Mary talks about her family, WWI and WWII, Christmas, life in Manchester, meeting her husband, her wedding, moving to Canada, living in Toronto, life in England, and her brother.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:01:29

Malcolm Irving

Type:Interview
Contributor:Irving, Malcolm
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Date Recorded:1995-03-22
Duration:01:03:44

Maisie's Auction / Lynda Lewis

Type:Interview
Contributor:Lewis, Lynda
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lynda Lewis regarding Maisie Adams. In this interview Lynda and talks about cooking, their travels together, home remedies, Maisie's acting, and her fond memories of Maisie working with her on the set of Emily of New Moon.
Date Recorded:2001-01-27
Duration:00:16:32

Maisie Adams T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Adams (Lamont), Maisie
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Maisie Adams (nee Lamont) of French River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Maisie talks about her family, rum running and bootlegging, her brother Donald, cars, radio, traveling, dances and house parties, Christmas, horses, planting by the moon, home remedies, Jim Sims, ghosts and forerunners, school,

Date Recorded:1997-04-11
Duration:01:03:05

MacRae Sisters T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacRae, Evelyn
Contributor:MacRae, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mary and Evelyn MacRae. In this interview the sisters talk about they lighthouse they lived in, church, boats, cars, lobster canneries, their father, their siblings, movies, Christmas, blacksmiths, home remedies, their mother, rum running, their grandparents, Sundays, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1997-02-21
Duration:01:03:31

MacLeod, Eddie

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Eddie sitting at his kitchen table with a wooden team of horses hauling wood.
Date Recorded:Unknown year

MacLellan, Janie Pat

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Janie sitting in an armchair.
Date Recorded:1999

MacLean, Cleveland "Cleaver" and Ruby (Sherren)

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Cleaver and Ruby sitting on their sofa.

MacKinnons T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacKinnon, Bob
Contributor:MacKinnon, Queenie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview with Bob and Queenie MacKinnon begins with the topic of Lettie MacKinnon, Bob's mother, who ran a maternity and boarding home out of her farm house. They talk about her job as a midwife, moving to Earnscliffe, the maternity house, and tell of Will Coady's wife giving birth during a winter storm. The conversation then

Date Recorded:1995-03-03
Duration:01:03:21

MacKay, Keir

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Keir sitting at his kitchen table.
Date Recorded:1999-02

MacIntosh, Donald

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Donald sitting on a chair in his living room with a fiddle on his lap and a pipe in his hand.
Date Recorded:1994

MacGillivray, Angus "The Bank"

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Angus sitting on a sofa.
Date Recorded:1993

MacEachern, John

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of John standing outside of his home.
Date Recorded:Unknown year

MacDougall, Everett

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Everett sitting in his home.
Date Recorded:2007-01-25

MacDonald, John Stephen and Mildred (Hughes)

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of John and Mildred sitting on a sofa.
Date Recorded:2009

MacDonald, Jean

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Jean sitting in an armchair and holding what could be a book about her father, the famous Dr. Roddie.
Date Recorded:1995-12

MacDonald, James "Fiddler"

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Fiddler sitting in his living room.
Date Recorded:Unknown year

MacDonald, Donald

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Donald sitting in a chair in front of a window.
Date Recorded:2010

MacDonald Bros. T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDonald, Donald
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Macdonald, David
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Donald and David MacDonald, brothers from Kinross, P.E.I. In this interview the MacDonald brothers talk about cobblers, cars, family, Christmas, apples, farming, horses, superstitions, potatoes, moonshine and liquor, pigs, cattle, thrashing, the SS Harland, homemade goods, tractors, their father Murdoch

Date Recorded:2010-01-18
Duration:01:03:10

MacAuley, Jim

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Jim MacAuley (born 1900) taken during his interview with Dutch. Jim was the last living veteran of WWI from P.E.I.
Date Recorded:Unknown year

MacAdam, John D "Johnny Chuck"

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Johnny Chuck sitting on a sofa in his living room.
Date Recorded:1999

Mac Dixon T4 [Tape Four]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dixon, Mac
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mac Dixon. In this interview Mac talks about shipping, thrashing, horses, moonshine and rum, politics, hockey, house parties, fiddlers, Steven Sherren the pilot, traveling, Bill Creamer, ghosts, Sundays, lobster, Jimmy Quinn, Martha Walker, WWII, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:58:31

Mac Dixon T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dixon, Mac
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mac Dixon. In this interview Mac talks about the 1930s, blacksmiths, general stores, his father, hockey, Victoria, radio, cars, the Halifax Explosion, tractors, Christmas, teaching, rum, horses, mills, walking, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:21

Lucy Murnaghan

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Murnaghan, Lucy
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lucy Murnaghan of Summerville, P.E.I. In this interview Lucy talks about her family, home remedies, school, horses, work on the farm, her first job, cars, snow, food, fiddlers and dances, entertainment, traveling, Sundays, electricity, telephones, pigs, and pack peddlers.
Date Recorded:2008-09-17
Duration:01:03:45

Lucy LeClair

Type:Interview
Contributor:LeClair (Gallant), Lucy
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lucy LeClair (nee Gallant) of Rustico and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Lucy talks about her grandparents, WWII, sewing, her brothers, her parents, moving to Charlottetown, home remedies, fishing, school, how she met her husband Leonard, her marriage, Christmas, church, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:35:02

Louise Moase

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Moase (Cairns), Louise
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Moase (nee Cairns) of New Annan, P.E.I. In this interview Louise talks about her birth, the end of WWI, her family, home remedies, school, life in the 1930s, life on the farm, homemade goods, her husband, her wedding, traveling in the winter, storms, Summerside, quiet Sundays, entertainment, and

Date Recorded:1999-10-29
Duration:00:47:36

Lord, Stanley

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Stanley holding a picture of he and his wife during WWII when he served in the navy.
Date Recorded:1995-12

Lloyd Weeks T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Weeks, Benjamin Lloyd
Abstract:This interview is with Benjamin Lloyd Weeks of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family's coal business, city dumps, wharves, ships, shipping, working on ships with his father, rum running, his family, Drake the iceman, Chief Birtwhistle, and his friends.
Date Recorded:1996-04-24
Duration:01:35:37

Lloyd Gates T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gates, Lloyd
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lloyd Gates of West Royalty, Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Lloyd talks about his service in WWII with the RCAF, driving, serving in France, Holland, coming home after the war, changes in West Royalty, hauling ice, the end of the mill, home remedies, radio, the Upton Airfield, Christmas, and various

Date Recorded:2009-01
Duration:00:32:06

Lillian Doull Clark

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clark (Doull), Lillian
Contributor:Clark, Howard
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lillian (nee Doull) Clark and her husband Howard. In this interview they talk about family, ice boats, Cape Traverse, deep snow, lobster canneries, transportation, ferries, and discuss various topics while looking at their photo album.
Date Recorded:1996-05-10
Duration:01:03:43

Leo Farrell T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Farrell, Leo
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Leo Farrell of Rosehill, P.E.I. In this interview Leo talks about organic potato farming, horses, mussel mud, orchards, cheese and cheese factories, pack peddlers, seafood, a cable ferry, fox ranching, rum, playing the fiddle, dances, entertainment, restaurants, radio, fiddle players, and a plane crash in

Date Recorded:1999-01-19
Duration:01:03:42

Leo "Sailor" MacDonald T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacDonald, Leo "Sailor"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Leo "Sailor" MacDonald was the police chief of Springhill, Nova Scotia from 1952-1984, the longest serving chief in Canada. In this interview he discusses his home town of Springhill and some of the most notable expriences of his life. Mr. MacDonald talks mostly about his baseball career as a young man, when he was seen as one of the

Date Recorded:1994-03-08
Duration:01:04:03

Leighton Coulson

Type:Interview
Contributor:Coulson, Leighton J.
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with J. Leighton Coulson of Sea View, P.E.I. In this interview Leighton plays some tunes on the harmonica and talks about his family, school, snow, lobster fishing, foxes, horses, farming, church, tobacco, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2009-01-12
Duration:01:04:05

Lee G. Darrach War Letters

Type:Collection
Contributor:Clyde River Historical Society
Contributor:Darrach, Lee G.
Abstract:
Letters from The Great War - A collection of letters from Clyde River, PEI resident Lee G. Darrach to his brother in Boston during his time with the British Army between 1915-1919. The letters were transcribed and made available online by the Clyde River Historical Society in 2018 and read and recorded by Alan Buchanan in 2019.